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Old 20th Aug 2020, 05:40
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Turnleft080
 
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From XYGT
Something we piston drivers never appreciated until we lost it was the braking provided by idling props. The turbojet developed considerable shove even with thrust levers back against the stops. Precise speed on final was extremely important. The 707 floated 1,000 feet for every 10 knots of excess speed over the fence. This could get you into trouble at a marginal field like Kansas City Municipal when braking action was reported as fair to poor.

If I remember without looking up prang history in the late 60s,70s B707s were the vulnerable one in doing overruns at JFK NY and Logan Boston
during the cold snowy Dec/Jan period. About to put one together Airfix 1:144 scale 707-436 BOAC just to kill some covid time.
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